Puttur: In an unfortunate incident, a gang of people assaulted 6 people including a couple. Nagappa Malekudiya (52), his wife Dejamma (50), daily wage workers Appaiah (30), Harish (21), Jayarama M (41) and Devdas (35) were assaulted and they are under treatment at government hospital, Puttur.
12 people with their faces covered barged into the house of Nagappa of Bilinele village, Kaikamba and forcibly took six persons to the house of Pramila, who works with police. They were allegedly attacked with wooden logs and sharp-edged weapons.
Nagappa has said that they were released next morning. However, before setting them free, their clothes were torn and they were made to wear some other clothes. The accused also set the couple’s temporary house ablaze. Nagappa and Dejamma said that of the four acre land that they owned, they had handed over two acres to Pramila who happens to be their relative.
